Thursday * May 17th 2012

NEW VIDEO released in Angels of Iran documentary series: “A Father’s Voice: The Soheila Afnani Story”

The Education Under Fire initiative announced the release of A Father’s Voice: The Soheila Afnani Story – the latest installment in the seven-part “Angels of Iran” documentary series. These short videos are personal stories of courage and resilience in the face of torture, imprisonment and execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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In “A Father’s Voice,” Soheilia Afnani talks about her father Nusratullah Subhani, a local Baha’i leader who was executed March 5th, 1985. The day before he was killed, Mr. Subhani wrote to his wife and daughter, “I only wish that all of you become inspired and successful in the pathway of truth and truthfulness. May my life be sacrificed to you all.”

View all the “Angels of Iran” videos at www.educationunderfire.com/angels-of-iran.

Visit www.educationunderfire.com/25 to become part of the DRIVE TO 25 initiative, which invites supporters of human rights everywhere to add their names to the ever-growing list of signatories who have taken action for the Baha’is in Iran.

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  • About the Persecution

    Some 300,000 Baha’is live throughout Iran, making the Baha’i Faith the country’s largest minority religion. The persecution of Baha'is in Iran has been taking place since the religion began there in the mid-nineteenth century. More than 200 Baha’is were killed in Iran between 1978 and 1998, the majority by execution, and thousands more were imprisoned.More
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